12-Day Uganda Wildlife and Rwanda Gor...

>> The company driver-guide will pick you up from the airport or hotel. You will have a city tour around Kampala where you will visit some places like Uganda National Cultural Centre, Uganda Museum and some other places depending on the available time. Then you will go back and check-in to your accommodation.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: ViaVia Uganda Entebbe > Budget guest housein Entebbe (City, Uganda)

>> Begin the day with a trip to Mabamba in search of shoebill. The shoebill is a popular species in Uganda, and Mabamba marsh is the best place to witness this prehistoric bird. We'll board a boat at Nakiwogo Pier and go to the swamp with a local guide to look for the bird. When we get back, we have lunch and then head back to the lodge for some rest as you prepare for the next day journey.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: ViaVia Uganda Entebbe > Budget guest housein Entebbe (City, Uganda)

>> Depart from Entebbe by 7am after our breakfast and drive towards Murchison Falls National Park. 178km from Kampala, we shall have a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which is home to a population of 40+ southern white Rhinos. It is one of the most successful projects for rhino conservation in Africa. Rangers will take you close to meet these giants on foot and at close.
From Ziwa, you shall continue with your drive to Murchison Falls National Park and arrive in a great time to visit and view the falls from the top.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge > Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP (Uganda)

>> The morning is a great time to witness wildlife at the park. You will have an early breakfast and leave the lodge by 6:30am. The drive is a chance to raise your shot to the tick the big 5 with sightings of elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, other antelopes and also be in a zone that has the most of the Rothschild’s Giraffes. After the drive we drive to the lodge, have lunch and even you can take a dip at the pool.

In the afternoon, take on a cruise up stream on the legendary Nile River. The Nile is home to dense wildlife from Hippos, crocodiles, a dazzling number of water birds.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge > Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP (Uganda)

>> Have breakfast and leave Murchison Falls for a Kibale National Park. The drive is about 6 hours but interesting and very scenic. It goes past different homesteads and towns, different viewpoints en-route. You have lunch along the way and arrive at the lodge in the afternoon.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Kibale Forest Lodge > Mid-range lodge inside Kibale NP (Chimps, Uganda)

>> After your breakfast in the morning, you will head for the chimpanzee tracking activity. During the tracking you will be able to meet other primates and birds along. After that, you will return to your lodge for some rest then you will go for a community walk.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Kibale Forest Lodge > Mid-range lodge inside Kibale NP (Chimps, Uganda)

>> Today begins with relaxed drive from Kibale. We start our drive by 7am. The drive is scenic with the incredible views of the Rwenzori ranges unfolding before you. Upon arrival at the park, you take a drive through the 27km stretch if craters some with lakes, some filled with forests and also visit the Katwe Salt Lake. At the lake, workers construct salt pans at the margins of the lake to intensify evaporation and concentrate salt. Then we drive to our lodge and check in for lunch. In the afternoon we relax at the lodge and prepare for an evening game drive.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Elephant Hab Lodge > Mid-range lodge just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps, Uganda)

>> After an early breakfast at the park, we shall go for a morning game drive at the Kasenyi plains, a famous are for game drives at the park. The network of tracks here will get us to the different wildlife at the park. In the afternoon, we embark on a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel for an opportunity to enjoy the stunning wildlife this come by the channel to drink on a hot day. Crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and a great array of bird life can be seen on the cruise.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Elephant Hab Lodge > Mid-range lodge just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps, Uganda)

>> Ishasha sector is the southernmost part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. It is on the flanks of Lake Edward and on a border to DR Congo. It is famous for the tree climbing lions we shall do a game drive in the area before we drive to Kisoro town when we shall have lunch. Kisoro town is a a beautiful town few hours from the border that goes to Volcanoes National Park and after our lunch we cross to Volcanoes National Park and have an overnight.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Amikus Hotel > Mid-range hotelin Ruhengeri (City, Rwanda)

>> Gorilla trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is a magical experience, transcending any other wildlife encounter we know. Meeting a gorilla family in their forest home, led by a dominant male silverback and a cluster of females and young, is a natural adventure that fully repays the cost in unforgettable memories and images.

Your driver-guide will operate your transfers to the park headquarters and introduce you to your trekking group and parks guide. After trekking have lunch and visit the Ellen De Génères Campus of Dian Fossey and learn about the history of gorilla conservation and its future.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Amikus Hotel > Mid-range hotelless than 1hr drive from Volcanoes NP (Gorillas, Rwanda)

>> Spend a morning trekking to find the golden monkeys in the Volcanoes National Park. These endangered monkeys are endemic to the Albertine Rift area and are characterized by their golden-orange fur. You’ll be able to enjoy an hour watching them jump through the bamboo and hunker down to chew bamboo leaves, curiously watching you, as you watch them.
Your driver-guide will operate your transfers to the park headquarters and introduce you to your trekking group and parks guide.

He will then introduce you to a group of people at the Gorilla Guardians Village for an insight into the culture and lifestyle of the people of Rwanda.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Amikus Hotel > Mid-range hotelin Ruhengeri (City, Rwanda)

>> This is the last day and your exit day. But before you exit, you will have a short tour of Kigali to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum at Gisozi (Now a UNESCO heritage site), visit other places around the city and then the guide will drop you off at the airport.

• Time: 8 - 10 Hours
• Meals: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)